DEATH OF MOEHAU.
We have been called upon lately to record the deaths of many of our Maori friends, some, of high rank according to Maori ideas of greatness; but the grave knows no distinction, and one after another' of our friends drops inloit, and at last we find our* selves alone in the world* as a solitary tree on the .mountain top, whose branches are torn fronvit and prethe last wMHf<jgust comes which lays ] innso low in the dust. This is the common 1 lot ot all .mortals, and U is the highest wisdom ofuali to prepare, iniime, for the change which is fraught with such, tremendous consequences. This much, however, we can assure our native .friends, that if they live well, they will certainly die well; and the fallen trunk of the tree left to moulder in (be earth, will on, to uo more decay. Xhese few j/ema^havefeeencaHed-.-forth by of a veteran Maori cttief r well .known in tue councils of the Maoris/and whb much respected b&th by Efrof N&tiVts.
Taku Moehau was a chief of the Hiknlu tribe, and resided on tbe Whirinaki, a branch oftbeHokianga river* A section of the tribe is located at the Bay of Islands, under the leadership of the chief Waikato. Haaraki the promising young chieftain who fell at Waikari, fighting 'ftp the English in the Northern war, and who is honorably named in a recent Auckland publication, was a member of this tribe, and a relative of the departed. Nuku, son of our late friend, informs as that his father died atPuriritahi, on the 19th of March,'4B62, greatly lamented. When his end drew near, Moehau summoned his son to his .bed side and said to hioi—" Farewell 0 son! stay yon here at our home, wherfe you will be subject to the buffeting of the world after my decease, but my son, the law will protect you, and God will shelter you with His arms. Son, live in peace; and value only ibe bursting forth of the sun, [i.e. the suhshine of peace}. This was the song be saog:~ Shine out Q sun, spreading Thy soft'ning rays upon the Skin and flinging thy.ligbt yonder, &c.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 12, 20 July 1862, Page 4
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364DEATH OF MOEHAU. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 12, 20 July 1862, Page 4
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